A poem by Aldous Huxley (1894 – 1963)
In the middle of countries, far from hills and sea,
Are the little places one passes by in trains
And never stops at; where the skies extend
Uninterrupted, and the level plains
Stretch green and yellow and green without an end.
And behind the glass of their Grand Express
Folk yawn away a province through,
With nothing to think of, nothing to do,
Nothing even to look at–never a “view”
In this damned wilderness.
But I look out of the window and find
Much to satisfy the mind.
Mark how the furrows, formed and wheeled
In a motion orderly and staid,
Sweep, as we pass, across the field
Like a drilled army on parade.
And here’s a market-garden, barred
With stripe on stripe of varied greens …
Bright potatoes, flower starred,
And the opacous colour of beans.
Each line deliberately swings
Towards me, till I see a straight
Green avenue to the heart of things,
The glimpse of a sudden opened gate
Piercing the adverse walls of fate …
A moment only, and then, fast, fast,
The gate swings to, the avenue closes;
Fate laughs, and once more interposes
Its barriers.
The train has passed.
A few random poems:
- The Passing Show poem – Ambrose Bierce poems | Poems and Poetry
- Альфред де Мюссе – Намуна
- Evenèn Twilight by William Barnes
- Alexander
- Red Slippers poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- A Carol of Harvest, for 1867 by Walt Whitman
- Dance with ME by Neelam Sinha
- Man In Black by Sylvia Plath
- The True Lover poem – A. E. Housman
- Василий Казин – Кирилл и Мефодий
- A Late Lark Twitters From The Quiet Skies by William Ernest Henley
- Before This Little Gift Was Come by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Landowners by Sylvia Plath
- Ольга Берггольц – Здравствуй
- The Half-way House poem – Gerard Manley Hopkins poems
External links
Bat’s Poetry Page – more poetry by Fledermaus
Talking Writing Monster’s Page –
Batty Writing – the bat’s idle chatter, thoughts, ideas and observations, all original, all fresh
Poems in English
- The Four Winds poem – Aleister Crowley poems | Poetry Monster
- The Five Adorations poem – Aleister Crowley poems | Poetry Monster
- The Buddhist poem – Aleister Crowley poems | Poetry Monster
- The Atheist poem – Aleister Crowley poems | Poetry Monster
- Thanatos Basileos poem – Aleister Crowley poems | Poetry Monster
- Prologue to Rodin in Rime poem – Aleister Crowley poems | Poetry Monster
- Power poem – Aleister Crowley poems | Poetry Monster
- Pan to Artemis poem – Aleister Crowley poems | Poetry Monster
- Optimist poem – Aleister Crowley poems | Poetry Monster
- On; On; Poet poem – Aleister Crowley poems | Poetry Monster
- Lyric of Love to Leah poem – Aleister Crowley poems | Poetry Monster
- Long Odds poem – Aleister Crowley poems | Poetry Monster
- Logos poem – Aleister Crowley poems | Poetry Monster
- Linoz Isidoz poem – Aleister Crowley poems | Poetry Monster
- La Gitana poem – Aleister Crowley poems | Poetry Monster
- Independence poem – Aleister Crowley poems | Poetry Monster
- Hymn to Pan poem – Aleister Crowley poems | Poetry Monster
- Hymn to Lucifer poem – Aleister Crowley poems | Poetry Monster
- Happy Dust poem – Aleister Crowley poems | Poetry Monster
- Elegy poem – Aleister Crowley poems | Poetry Monster
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Parallel Translations of Poetry
The Poetry Repository – an online library of poems, poetry, verse and poetic works
Alcaeus of Mytilene ( c. 625/620 – c. 580 Before Christ) ] was a lyric poet from the Greek island of Lesbos who is credited with inventing the Alcaic stanza. He was included in the canonical list of nine lyric poets by the scholars of Hellenistic Alexandria.